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M. 'L. W. MARTINOT.

- WASH TUB.

No. 438,930. Patented Oct. 21, 1890.

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MARY L. WV. MARTINOT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

WASH-TU B.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 438,930, dated October21, 1890.

Application filed J mm 16 1890. $erial No. 355,629. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARY L. W. MARTINOT, of New York city, in the countyand State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Combined Bathand Wash Tub, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to a combined bath and wash tub, and has for itsobject to so construct the device that either tub may be usedindependently as desired.

A further object of the invention is to provide each tub with anindependent overflow or waste and to provide a simple means whereby theupper tub may be manipulated to disclose the lower tub when desired.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures and letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the combined tubs partially insection. Fig. 2 is a cen tral vertical section through the tubs; andFig. 3 is a transverse section on line 3 3, looking in the directionindicated by the arrow of Fig. 2.

The lower tub 10 is the bath-tub, and may be given any desired shape.The tub, however, at one end and at both sides is provided with anupwardly-extending and preferably outwardly flaring flange 11, and theside flanges each have a longitudinal groove or channel 12,'producedupon its inner face, which grooves are adapted to serve as slideways forthe upper tub 13, which latteris the wash-tub.

The wash-tub may be of the usual shape, and upon opposite outer sides ofthe tub ribs 14 are formed, corresponding in cross-section with thecross-section of the channels 12, in which channels the ribs 14 areadapted to enter and slide. The upper or wash tub 13 is at one endprovided with legs 15, preferably having casters 16 attached, the saidlegs be ing located at that end of the wash-tub which extends beyond theunflanged end of the lower or bathtub. The wash-tub is also provided atits sides, near the end opposite that having the legs aifixed, withstop-blocks 17, located ordinarily at the extremities of the ribs 14,which stop-blocks are adapted to limit the outward movement of thewash-tub when it is carried forward to disclose the bath-tub,

as the said stops 17 strike against the end surfaces of the fixedstop-blocks 12, at or near the unflanged end of the bath-tub.

The wash-tub is preferably-provided with two hinged lids or covers 18,which close down to a contact with a central partition 19, dividing thewash-tub into two compartments A and B, as shown in Fig. 2.

Awaste-pipe 20 is located beneath the washtub, and branches of the saidwaste-pipe are carried upward within the tub in the usual manner, asillustrated at a in Fig. 2. The outer end of the waste-pipe 20 extendsbeyond the end of the wash-tub, and an aperture is produced in the endflange of the bathtub to permit the waste-pipe 20 to extend beyond thesame, and the projecting end of the waste-pipe 20 is adapted to slideinto the upper end of the main waste-pipe 21, having proper connectionwith the sewer or other outlet. The waste-pipe 22 of the bath-tub isconnected beneath the latter with the main 8o waste-pipe 21, as is alsobest shown in Fig. 2.

A single overflow-pipe 23 is located, preferably, within the partition19 of the wash-tub, and the said overflow-pipe has connection with eachcompartment of the said tub.

In operation, if the bath-tub is to be used, the wash-tub is drawn outbeyond the unflanged end of the bath-tub until the latter tub isentirely or almost entirely exposed. When the bath-tub is not in use andthe servo ices of the wash-tub are needed, the wash-tub is pushed inwarduntil it covers the bath-tub and the end of its waste-pipe 20 enters theupper end of the main waste-pipe 21,the connection being a sliding one.5

I desire it to be distinctly understood that I do not confine myself tothe form of stop connected with the wash-tub described, as equivalentdevices may be substituted therefor.

In order that the pipe 20 may not be interfered with when the wash-tubis slid from over the bath-tub, the latter is provided with a groove oropening in the path of the pipe.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with a bath-tub, of a wash-tubheld to slide thereon and adapted to extend at one end over thebath-tub, a waste-pipe connected with the wash-tub having one end fittedfor detachable connection with a main waste-pipe, and a support for theoverhanging end of the wash-tub, as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination, with a bath-tub, of a wash-tub held to slide thereonand provided with downwardly-extending legs at one end, a mainwaste-pipe connected with the bathtub, an auxiliary waste-pipe connectedwith the wash-tub and having a telescopic connection with the mainwaste-pipe, and an overflow located in the Wash-tub and having aconnection with the auxiliary waste therefor, as and for the purposespecified.

3. The combination, with a bath-tub having flanges at both sides and atone end, of a Wash-tub held to slide upon the flanged surfaces of thebath-tub, a stop device attached to the Wash-tub, legs attached to thesaid wash-tub. at one end, a main waste-pipe, a connection between thesaid main waste-pipe and the bath-tub, an auxiliary pipe connected withthe wash-tub and having a detachable connection with the mainwaste-pipe, and an overflow located in the bathtub and connected withthe auxiliary waste-pipe, substantially as shown and described.

MARY L. V. MARTINOT.

\Vitnesses:

J. T. ACKER, C. SEDewIcK.

